Glove



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GLOVE Filed Aug. 21, 1939 Inu/wahr Afin/Nagy Patented Aug. 13, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application August 2l,

4 Claims.

This invention relates to gloves to be worn in treatment of the skinwith creams, ointments, and other beautifying preparations, and also for treatment of diseases of the joints, such as arthritis, and the like.

It is an object of this invention to provide a glove which may be made cheaply with va minimum wastage of material in cutting and with a minimum of sewing in assembly.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a glove which may be worn in the performance of household duties or in bed without inconvenience or discomfort.

It is another object of this invention to provide a glove which, when worn, will cover entirely the soft portions of the hand, including the back, sides of the fingers, and rspace between thumb and index ngers.

The chief characteristics of the glove which embodies this invention is the unique pattern from which it is made, and the novel method of assembly which enables the glove to be made cheaply.

This invention possesses many other advantages and has other objects which may be made more easily apparent from a consideration of one embodiment of the invention. For this purpose there is shown a form in the drawing accompanying and forming part of the present specification. This form will now be described in detail, illustrating the general principles of the invention; but it is to be understood that this detailed description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, since the scope of the invention is best defined by the appended claims.

What is proposed to be done is to make the front, back, and thumb piece of one piece of material and the fourchettes of a separate piece of material folded in such a manner that there is no seam between the fourchettes of two adjacent fingers.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 represents the trank of a glove.

Figures 2, 3, and 4, respectively, represent the fourchettes for the space between the little and third finger, the second and third finger, and the first and second nger, respectively.

Figure 5 is a View of the glove assembled and in place on a hand.

As shown in Figure 1, the trank consists of a piece of material I0 wide enough to go about the hand. This trank has fingers II, I2, I3, and I4 respectively for the iront part of the fingers and corresponding portions I5, I6, I'I, and I8 for the back part of the fingers formed therein with slits 1939, Serial No. 291,212

I9 between each pair of fingers. The portions II and I5,which comprise the front and back of the index finger, are joined together along the line (or rather are not separated from each other). The palm of this trank is left open at 5 2 I, and in the space below the front of the ngers is the thumb piece 22 which is joined to the trank by the member 23. It is to be noted that the connecting member 23 is angled downwardly from the pack portion, which insures that, when `the glovevis placed upon the hand, the strip 23 will fold into the crotch between the thumb and index finger, which is, like the back of the hand, more susceptible to chapping and such than the palm oi the hand. Further, this construction 15 permits disposing the thumb blank in the space below the palm, with a resultant saving of material when the blank is died out. This thumb piece is the shape of the front and back pieces 24 and 25, the back piece 25 being joined to the 20 connecting member 23. The pieces in Figures 2, 3, and 4 are fourchettes which are made in one piece for each pair of fingers and folded along the line 26. These fourchettes are to be installed between the corresponding pair of fingers in a manner well understood in the art. At the bottom of the back piece of the trank is provided a strip of material 21 which, upon completion of the glove, forms a strap across the wrist of the wearer to secure the entire glove in place, as clearly shown in Figure 5. Of course, this strap may be formed of the material of the trank, or may be a separate piece either sewed thereto v at the end of the strap 2l, or extending entirely across the base of the trank to form a strap completely around the wrist of the wearer, whichever is most convenient for the manufacturer, taking into consideration the fact that a long strap entirely around the wrist permits the use of comparatively flimsy material. 40

Around the edges of the trank which, upon assembly, are free, which is to say along the wrist around the strap and around the palm opening and across the piece of the thumb portion, there is shown a plurality of lines of stitching for the 4. purpose of preventing unraveling of the material if it be of flannel, and to prevent it from tearing or stretching in the case of felt-like materials. Of course, this may be omitted if desired, or other methods for preventing unraveling may be used, such as hemstitching, pinking, or the like. At the end of the strap 2l there is provided a snap fastener 28 and on the body of the trank is provided a series of corresponding snap fasteners 29 to fasten the glove to the Wrist,

It is proposed to make this glove of felt, flannel, or other absorbent, heat-retaining material. The absorbent properties facilitates retention of ointment upon the skin of the wearer when the glove is used for beautifying the skin, or treatment of various dermatoid diseases of the skin. The heat-retaining or insulating properties of felt, flannel, or the like, render the glove useful for treatment of the joint diseases, such as arthritis or other afllictions, which call for application of heat to the hands. t has also been found that the heat-retaining properties greatly increase the eiiciency of ointments in treatment of the skin.

It can be seen from inspection of the drawing that there is provided a glove which may be worn in the performance of household duties without inconveniencing the wearer. The palm of the glove is left open in order that objects may be grasped with ease, which is especially desirable in the event that the glove becomes saturated on the outside with oils, greases, or the like, the skin of the palm providing suicient friction to allow the performance of most tasks without difficulty. Additionally, the exposed palm of the hand remains cool and free of perspiration. Also, the open palm permits placing the thumb piece within the general outline of the blank, saving greatly the material during the manufacture of the glove.

The thumb piece may be, if desired, separate from the trank, but I prefer the one piece construction shown for reasons of economy, as well as for the protection it affords the crotch of the hand of the wearer.

I claim:

1. A blank for a glove comprising in a single piece of material a front portion, a back portion, said front portion extending only to substantially the base of the fingers, and a thumb portion in the space below the front portion adjacent the back portion.

2. A blank for a glove comprising in a single piece of material a back for the entire back of the hand, a front portion for the ngers only, said front and back portions being adjacent along the index finger, a strap extending from the back portion to a position below the front portion, and a thumb portion on a strip extending into the space between the back portion and the strap.

3. The blank of claim 2 in which the strip is disposed at an angle downwardly from the trank to permit utilization of sufficient of the space between the strap and the front portion that the entire thumb may be formed therein without extending beyond the general outlines of the blank.

4. A glove for treatment of the hands comprising a back portion, a front portion, said front portion covering the fingers only, and said back and front portions being integral along the side of the index finger, Afourchettes between the pairs of ngers, and a thumb portion integral with the back portion and disposed on a strip extending downwardly at an angle thereto, whereby said glove is adapted to cover all portions of the hand except the palm thereof.

MARGARET ORNE. 

